Market Day

Well, it was actually yesterday, but what a day it was!  We had a great time; I love the people at the Spenard Farmers' Market - they were such wonderful, gracious hosts, and we couldn't have asked for a better vendor neighbor.  

our little table that Yobo built

The picture was taken earlier in the morning, but we sold over half of what's on the table, plus the tray underneath.  Our 1st Market = SUCCESS!  

We brought a bunch of paracress with us & man that was a hit!  We had little containers of the seeds (in addition to the starts), which are, basically, the flowers busted open.  And since the flowers are the most potent part, letting people sample the seeds in their mouths was FANTASTIC!  It was so great to watch the facial expressions when their mouths went a little tingly hahaha   We hope to go again this weekend, next weekend for sure - we'll be making a new sign "baby teething woes?  we can help!" or something along those lines  :)  

Though it wasn't exactly sunny out, the wind never picked up more than a breeze & it only tried to rain once (only felt a couple of drops).  We completely sold out of tomatoes!  That was some unexpected awesome  :)  Yobo's mama was so wonderful & watched the Moose while we were at Market.  They even made a guest appearance LOL  Thank you mama for taking the kid out & for all of other incredibly lovely things you did for us yesterday.

We also had a number of friends who came by to provide moral support & some of them even bought stuff   :)  One of them even ended up selling US something!  She had another friend who was getting rid of some homemade garden wagons & willing to sell them cheap.  Boy oh boy, they sure do make taking plants out to harden them off during the day & dragging them back into the shed at night SOOOO much easier!!!!!!  Major score!

All in all, you could say yesterday was a damned good day  :)

Bike to Work Day 2012

Oh man is my pubic bone a wee angry right about now.  I didn't do much riding at all last year & today was the first time this year - 7 1/2 miles from home to work.  All of the cars were pretty well behaved this morning  :)  Another cyclist, however, was not. 

I was going along, about 4 miles in, crossing a street, went to turn right when SMASH! there she was!  First of all, she was behind me, did not know which way I was going, knew she was going straight, and SHOULD have come in on my left.  Secondly, she SHOULD have made a peep of some sort - bell, horn, "hello!", "on your right!", "*&%$#%(!", or even sneezed, SOMETHING that would have alerted me to her.  INSTEAD, she came up, quiet as a mouse, on the inside (right), which was just BEGGING for a crash and I gave her one.  There's not much damage to me & the bike seems to be just fine (will confirm tonight when Yobo can take a look at it).  My "injuries" are a sore right hip, a scratched up right shin & knee, and a welt on my left forearm with some scratching along the forearm & elbow. 

Out of the 18 people at work today, ELEVEN of us rode in!  We had someone stop in that asked if it was a holiday or something because there were no cars in the parking lot LOL  nope, our bike rack is just around back  :)




and wouldn't ya know, I'm right in the middle of it all!

 

Heaven in a Jar

Yobo & I just split this - SO yummy!

It was LOVELY out tonight!

my pine cones!

awww... I share  :)

she looks like a pooping Korean baby!  (thankfully, she wasn't)

is she eating pepero or a stick?

Escapades in the Yard

mmm... strawberries & garlic under the hoops.  we "planted" the lawn potatoes (wet soil) this morning! 

garlic in the back bed!  and my lovely gardening shoes  :)

more strawberries!

and kiwi vines hidden amongst walls of waters!

and I think the Moose was hiding behind this martian costume  ;)

We LOVE food!

some ice cream?  yes, please!  (no, she did NOT eat that whole thing)

I didn't do ANYTHING.

sneaking bites from the big bowl (of which she ate the entire thing)

nom nom nom nom nom

Major Fail

Oh man, Eeyore's looking mighty friendly right about now... I put the plants out this morning and I put TWO trays on a not exactly ideal place, where they took the brunt of the force of the winds that picked up this evening  :(  There is much death amongst the plants.  Yobo took some emergency cuttings of other plants to try to get them started before the big day next Saturday.  And then, at some point, I came in through the front door and did not close it quite as well as thought...  Monkey went on a solo safari outdoors.  Thankfully, he did come back not too long after, but, man, that was a long hour  :)  

getting her veggie on

she knows what's what

new sun-hat & shades  :)